Jammu, Jan 14(KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir Displaced Kashmiri Pandit Front (JKDKPF) on Wednesday urged the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration to immediately address unemployment among educated displaced Kashmiri youth living in exile.
In a statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), JKDKPF president Vinod Pandita said no new employment package or special recruitment drive has been launched for educated unemployed displaced youth since 2008–09, leading to growing resentment, desperation and frustration within the community.
Pandita appealed to the Prime Minister, Union Home Minister and the Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir to announce a fresh employment package with at least 10,000 posts and to initiate a special recruitment drive in the Jammu and Kashmir Police, CRPF and other central armed forces, as well as in central government departments.
He said such measures were necessary to address unemployment among displaced youth who have been living in camps and non-camp areas in Jammu and other parts of the country for over 37 years, and called for urgent intervention in the interest of justice and equity.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
The JKDKPF president also urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to take concrete steps to implement the Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Property Act, 1996–97, in letter and spirit.
He called for time-bound action to protect, restore and retrieve migrant properties that are allegedly under illegal occupation.
Meanwhile, JKDKPF vice president Vishal Jotshi demanded enhancement of monthly cash assistance to displaced families from Rs 13,000 to Rs 25,000, citing a sharp rise in prices of essential commodities.
Jotshi also sought immediate release of pending compensation for gutted and damaged properties of Kashmiri migrants following their displacement, saying several cases were still awaiting settlement.
The organisation reiterated its demand for sustained government intervention to ensure rehabilitation, livelihood security and protection of property rights of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, the statement said.(KNS).